Improved washiia-maceme



@nim me lame @Het Letters Patent No. 76.004, dated M'arch 24, 18.68.

y IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY vCONClJltN:

Beit known that I, J. P. THOMPSON, of Kirkville,' in the 'county of Wepellofzind State .of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Witshing-ivlechines; and I lo hereby declare that the following is a' full, clear, end exact description oi the snme,`ret`erenee being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which` i i Figure 1 is a. perspective view? and Figure 2 is e. vertical section..

The same lettersare employed in both Egnres for indiening the same parts.

'.lhe following description will enable persons skilled in the nrt to construct and operato my improved washing-machine.

A is 'the lio,'suppoiting the stztnrlzml B l.' C C :are the rollers, which are correspondingly corregetezl. The upper roller, A, has its bearings in tlxehloclis E, nml is turned by the winch D. The blocks E are placed within longitudinelslots the standards B. The elastic bnnfls Fsurrouiifl the hloclis E, and support the' boxes G, which, in conjunction with the ends of the blocks E, form bearings forth@ journals of the rollerlC. The length of the slots must be snll'ieient to'allow all nccessnry play for the rollers in adjusting themselves te the thickness of the-clothes passing between them. The elasticity,-r ol` the indie-rubber bands F, while it allows the rollers to adapt themselves to the required work, meintnins el constant s .nfl uniform pressure against the clothes passing between the corrugated rollers. i

As thelmachine may be runin either direction, the clothes may be pnssed'beckwerds and forwariis between the rollers until the Werk of cleansing them is thoroughly completed.

What claim es my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination ofthe corrugated 'rollers C C', slotted standards B, blocks EL elastic bands F, end boxes G, arranged to operate substantially as set i'orth.

In testimony'whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses".

J. P. f rHoMPsoN.

Witnesses:

JoHN KIRKPATEICK, D. C. DInsMoRE. 

